Just curious if anyone else had this theory/idea while reading the final arc? Spoilers ahead
I've never seen it really mentioned before at all. But after Eren gained the Warhammer Titan, I was expecting him to use it more often than he did. I thought the Warhammer copies of the previous Titan shifters was really cool in the final battle and I really enjoyed the fight in Shinganshina where he utilized the warhammer's ability to create the spikes.
But one thing that I was really expecting and thought would be a huge mind-blowing twist was during the rumbling.
Everyone was so focused on catching up with the founding Titan and the front line of the rumbling in order to stop Eren.
I thought this heavy focus on catching him as he moved across the sea was a giant red herring. No one had seen Eren since Gabbie shot him and the wall titans woke up.
That moment caused a ton of chaos where Eren could have used the Warhammer and no one would have seen it. When I was first reading up until they straight up stated that he was inside of the founding Titan head, I was totally expecting him to still be on Paradis during the entire final fight.
I had this amazing image in my head of everything being over with, The attack may or may not have been successful, but everyone was tired, worn out and at the end of their ropes. Unable to continue on. When suddenly they notice attached at the very back of the founding Titan... A cable.
A white cable that continued onwards onto the beach and into the ocean, floating on the water leading all the way back to Paradis. All the way back into Shinganshina, and maybe into a crumbling hole in the ground. Where Eren and Zeke were in a crystal, just like Lara Tybur.
Now for the whole beheading part I never really thought too much into that. Maybe he was still decapitated inside the crystal or something, but I always thought he had some sort of Ace up His sleeve where he was waiting back on the island for them to basically spend all of their resources on a final fight that ultimately did not stop him.
Anyway, that's all. It was just a cool idea I had. I've never really seen it mentioned at all here in the sub when people are talking about theories that they had or surprises that they were expecting. Just wanted to see if anyone else thought that he was on the island the entire time. Just waiting.